Werewolf Boyfriend: Dominic (special preview)

A few years ago, your sister, Marie, had moved to Hearthway Hollow for a job. It was supposed to be temporary as she was there to help renovate part of the elementary school, but she ended up staying. She met someone, which was really a surprise to you. 

Her wedding was coming up, and she had invited you to come stay with her and her fiance until the day. You knew though she was trying to get you to move closer. The two of you were always close, and you had to admit, being so far apart now was getting to you. There was no plan in your mind of moving to Hearthway Hollow, but visiting was always welcome.

Part of your wedding gift too was to help your sister plan the wedding. Working as an event coordinator you were already well versed in the ins and outs, but this would be your first wedding to not actually take place at one of the events you plan. Most of what you do is comic conventions. You’d always been a fan yourself, so it had been a joy to bring conventions to life and see them through.

Your sister and her fiance Ava picked you up from the airport, and the drive to Hearthway Hollow was breathtaking. All the trees and greenery were absolutely stunning. It felt like you were traveling into another world. 

Ava was the school nurse, having met your sister when she was working on renovations. Ava was tall and androgenyous, and apparently did weightlifting. She towered over your petite sister, but the two acted so adorable together it was quite the dichotomy.

“We’ve got a room all set up for you. Marie was very particular on the bed we picked out.” Ava smirks playfully.

“She’s going to be here a while and I wasn’t going to let her just sleep on that awful pull out sofa the entire time.” Marie looks back at you. “Doing alright back there?”

“I’m enjoying the view,” you reply. “I keep thinking this is how fairy tales start out.”

Ava snickers from the driver’s seat. “Aren’t those usually warnings? Did you remember to leave your trail of breadcrumbs?”

“Don’t tease, the witches here don’t eat people.” Marie winks at you.

As you come into town you’re greeted by old buildings that look straight out of an old TV sitcom. There’s a tool shop, a cafe, and a bright neon sign advertising authentic Chinese food.

“You weren’t joking when you said this place was designed to charm,” you remark.

“Isn’t it cute? And this is just down town, the rest of the area does look a bit more modern. But most downtowns are designed to be a tourist attraction these days anyways.” Marie looks out the window as the car goes down a winding road. 

The small paved road is really only big enough for one car, and to one side there is a massive drop off into what you can only assume is an abyss. Ava finally pulls up a small dirt road leading to the little yellow house you recognized from photos. 

“If you need to, you can use my old car to get around.” Ava motioned to an old green pickup truck in the driveway. “I’ll get you the keys.”

“Thanks, I’d appreciate that.” You try to get to your things in the trunk first but Ava is already hefting them out, her arms flexing to show off muscle.

“Come on, I’ll give you a tour.” Marie grabs your hand and leads you not inside, but around the house. Since moving to Hearthway Hollow, she’s been working part time doing ‘honey do’ work for individuals until she could start her own renovation company here. In the meantime, she’d been enjoying gardening and building a deck onto the house.

“Over here I’m getting ready to put in some fencing to raise goats. Ava’s friend Beau runs a farm, and one of his goats is about to have kids, so I’ve already offered to take some in.” She looks positively buzzy about it.

“This yard is huge, how much property does Ava have?” I ask.

“She’s a Locklear,” she replies. “And they’re basically the founders of this town, so they have lots of land. But Ava and her siblings share plots on their family’s fifty acres.”